Vol. 7 No. 1 (2021)

Ahmet Başal Yildiz Technical University Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Languages EducationMuhammet Toraman Kıymet Merve CelenKeywords:collocation, English language teaching, online system, vocabulary teaching Abstract Learning collocations poses difficulties for foreign language learners despite their importance for fluency in the target language. Collocation learning and teaching should therefore be an integral part of foreign language …

ONCOLL: A quasi-experimental study on the effect of a web-based platform on teaching collocations Read More »

Nihan Bursalı Hülya MısırKeywords: narration, positioning theory, sojourner, Foreign language teaching assistants;, emerging identities; Abstract The aim of the study is to show emerging identity performances of Turkish Fulbright foreign teaching language assistants (FLTAs) in social and academic contexts during their sojourn experiences in the US. The grant program brings institutional roles of being a …

Uncovering emerging identity performances of Turkish foreign language teaching assistants Read More »

Hani Qasem Mohammed Asaad Universiti Utara Malaysia Ahmad Affendi Shabdin Universiti Utara MalaysiaKeywords: Academic writing, morphological awareness, productive vocabulary knowledge, second language postgraduate students Abstract Studies have found that morphology awareness could assist writers to increase productive vocabulary (e.g. Green et al., 2003; McCutchen & Stull, 2015), reduce vocabulary errors (e.g. Karakas, 2012; Ririn, 2010), …

The predictive role of morphological awareness and productive vocabulary knowledge in L2 postgraduate students academic writing Read More »

Vildan İnci Kavak Gaziantep University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7249-9048Enes KavakKeywords: CDS, variation sets, Turkish, first language acquisition, mother tongue Abstract This study analyses variation sets in a sample of child-directed speech (CDS) in Turkish in terms of their structure and effect on child speech. The term “variation set” was first introduced to describe the sequences of repetitions, in …

Variation sets in child-directed and child speech: A case study in Turkish Read More »